Farm Subsidy information
1st District of North Carolina
(Rep. G.K. Butterfield)
1st District Of North Carolina (Rep. G.K. Butterfield) Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G.K. Butterfield), 2008
1st District Of North Carolina (Rep. G.K. Butterfield) Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- North Carolina ranking: 20 of 50 States
- 78 percent of farms in North Carolina did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in 1st District of North Carolina (Rep. G.K. Butterfield), 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Direct Payment Program | 2,682 | $20,378,216 |
| 2 | Counter Cyclical Program | 2,129 | $19,368,416 |
| 3 | Tobacco Transition Payment | 1,407 | $16,879,239 |
| 4 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 937 | $12,538,714 |
| 5 | Conservation Reserve Program | 1,711 | $3,448,246 |
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